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  Private sector intervention case example: developing an enhanced tuberculosis (TB) control programme before TB becomes a significant business risk

  World Economic Forum, 2002

  This paper offers a case study of private sector TB intervention programme, carried out by De Beers.
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  Extractive industries and sustainable development: an evaluation of World Bank Group experience (volume one: overview)

  Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank, 2003

  The World Bank Group (WBG) has the potential to improve the contribution of extractive industries (EI) to sustainable development and poverty reduction.
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  Creating market opportunities for small enterprises: experiences of the fair trade movement

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This paper assesses the successes and lessons learned in Fair Trade to date.
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  Transnational corporate accountability: Insights from South Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  People in developing countries are increasingly affected by the activities of multinational companies, yet it is difficult for them to hold those companies to account in court. What lessons can be learnt from two recent foreign direct liability cases brought against northern multinationals?
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  Aid or Trade? Managing fair trade commercial and NGO partnerships

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Partnerships between commercial and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are creating new challenges for development practice in seeking to promote 'fair trade' between producers in the South and western consumers. Joint ventures that try to combine commercial and development objectives produce distinct problems, however.
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  The regulation of private sector participation in urban water supply and sanitation: realising social and environmental objectives in developing countries

  Environmental Economics Programme, IIED, 1999

  This paper provides an overview of the issues involved in the significant increase in private sector participation (PSP) in the urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector in recent years, and examines some of the mechanisms available to the authorities responsible for the regulation of the sector.The report argues that PSP in urban WSS is likely to continue to increase in importance in deve
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  Rebuilding bridges: opportunities and challenges for responsible private sector engagement in Iraq’s reconstruction

  International Business Leaders Forum, 2003

  This report looks at the key issues that companies involved in Iraqi reconstruction must consider in order to manage their risks, make a contribution to the Iraqi people and make a profit without being accused of profiteering or opportunism.Eight guidance points for companies to manage risks and rebuild trust as well as profits in post-war Iraq are:Involve Iraqis from the outset by: hir
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  Assessment of private sector HIV/AIDS policies and activities in Tanzania

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2002

  This report summarises the observations and recommendations for potential assistance to Tanzanian organisations regarding HIV/AIDS workplace policies.Findings from these interviews include:Tanzania’s private sector is deeply concerned about the impact of HIV/AIDS.
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  Social impact of international trade and multinational corporations activities on the people of the Niger Delta of Nigeria: a comparative analysis by gender, generation and socio-cultural differences

  Global Development Network, 2002

  For nearly three decades, petroleum production and consumption has probably brought out both the best and worst of modern civilization in Nigeria.
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  Far from home: do foreign investors import higher standards of governance in transition economies?

  Social Science Research Network, 2002

  This paper argues that while a number of recent studies have shown that corruption inhibits foreign direct investment (FDI), comparatively little attention has been given to the behavior of those who have invested in corrupt countries.

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